# Jennifer Wilbanks, you've got A LOT of apologies to start making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 30, 2005, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852 "2005-04-30T11:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/141 "2005-05-02T14:55:41Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > What struck me was, when I read her description etc. on the news… (pls excuse me if I don’t get these numbers exactly right, but what I read was close to this)… "five foot eight, weighing 126 lbs "… > > 'scuse me, but a five foot eight woman 32 yrs of age should weigh 150 lbs. At least. Even a marathon runner. The girl is _driven_. Something is awry with her. I’m another who thought of a manic episode. Um, I’m 5’ 8" and fluctuate between 130 and 135lbs, and am perfectly healthy, and not a bit driven, trust me. Some people are just built like that. Anyhoo, I’m surprised no one has commented on what her fiance must have gone through while she was missing. What with the Peterson and Hacking cases, he must have been subjected to some fairly rigorous questioning by the police, perhaps even outright accused of her murder. If he still marries her after that, then they deserve each other. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/142 "2005-05-02T14:58:52Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > I’m still waiting for someone, anyone, to provide a link to show that buggy eyed pictures = mental issues or any issues. At least 3 people in this thread have mentioned it. You know, unless i’ve missed some picture that everyone else has seen, i’m not sure what all the ranting about her buggy eyes has been about. The only picture i’ve seen of her, apart from the ones with a towel over her head, has been the one featured [here](http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/UN0000182.txt). Sure, her eyes are open pretty wide, but she looks rather normal to me. Certainly not someone who could be mistaken for mentally unstable based on looks alone. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/143 "2005-05-02T15:01:58Z")
It’s possible that she has bags under her eyes, or thinks she does, and opens her eyes extra wide for photos to compensate. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/144 "2005-05-02T15:18:42Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > It’s possible that she has bags under her eyes, or thinks she does, and opens her eyes extra wide for photos to compensate. Nah. It’s to make her chin look smaller. 🙂 Seriously, those are some Marty Feldman eyes. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/145 "2005-05-02T15:32:53Z")
I always end up opening my eyes really wide for photos because I’m afraid that otherwise they’ll look closed. I overcompensate a lot of the time and end up looking psychotic. But I haven’t committed any crimes (hell, I’ve never even gotten a ticket for going over the speed limit), let alone any crimes that have garnered national attention. If her buggy-eyed picture wasn’t all over the news, strongly associated to her being a hoaxer, if you just saw that picture by itself with no contest, would you still make the buggy eyes --\> psychotic connection? Or would you just think, “hm, unphotogenic”? On behalf of all the buggy-eyed photo subjects everywhere, her buggy-eyed-ness doesn’t automatically point to her being crazy. Other facts? Possibly/probably. Buggy eyes? No. Stop focusing on the buggy eyes already. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/146 "2005-05-02T15:34:12Z")
**with no conte** x\*\*t\* ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/147 "2005-05-02T16:23:12Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Sure, her eyes are open pretty wide, but she looks rather normal to me. Certainly not someone who could be mistaken for mentally unstable based on looks alone. That is my point. I would WAG that when she was young someone told her she had pretty eyes and wide eyes in pictures is her way of showing them off. I just want to know why so many people want to break out the lithium or idodine based on that. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/148 "2005-05-02T16:32:05Z")
> [@uglybeech](#): > > I saw the eyes I was thinking thyroid problem. That can make people a little nutty afaik. Looking at this [picture](http://www.riehlworldview.com/photos/uncategorized/wilbanks_1.jpg) of her, I wonder if there may be something to this supposition. The large, wide eyes; the swelling of her throat; and her low weight remind me of my wife’s old pictures when her Graves’ disease was full blown. As acting nutty, she blames that on being married to me, and it rubbing off. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/149 "2005-05-02T16:32:57Z")
Is it just me, or does this chick look like she give _fantastic_ blowjobs? Just me, huh? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/150 "2005-05-02T16:39:06Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > Looking at this [picture](http://www.riehlworldview.com/photos/uncategorized/wilbanks_1.jpg) of her, I wonder if there may be something to this supposition. The large, wide eyes; the swelling of her throat; and her low weight remind me of my wife’s old pictures when her Graves’ disease was full blown. Or could the enlarged throat be from bulimia? I recall reading somewhere that the frequent vomiting creates a characteristic bulge in the throat. Just another uninformed guess from the peanut gallery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/151 "2005-05-02T17:29:42Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Sure, her eyes are open pretty wide, but she looks rather normal to me. Seriously? We must hang in different circles. In order for me to make _my_ eyes open that wide, I would need to turn the juice waaay up and use an electrode in my anus as well as the one applied to my genitals. CHEESE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mint\_Julep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mint\_Julep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mint_Julep)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/152 "2005-05-02T17:46:14Z")
I dont know about the punishment side of this equation, but she sure seems spoiled to me. Cry me a river, I mean come on, you have a rich handsome fiance, an obviously wealthy family, lots of friends that care about you, and an extravagant wedding that you are not booting the bill for! As a perpetually single (and not pleased about it) Southern Belle myself, I must say: “GET OVER YOURSELF YOU BIG SPOILED DRAMA QUEEN!” Wah, the big scary wedding was just too much…Argh…grow up. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/153 "2005-05-02T17:46:49Z")
What’s the over/under on number of days before she’s on Oprah? Okay, who sang the parody song “She’s got Marty Feldman Eyes”? It’s on continuous play in my brain ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/154 "2005-05-02T18:10:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Or could the enlarged throat be from bulimia? I recall reading somewhere that the frequent vomiting creates a characteristic bulge in the throat. > > Just another uninformed guess from the peanut gallery. 😃 Could be. I had an attack of logic back there. If she can jog, hell, if she can walk a hundred feet with out getting winded, there’s no way she has full-blown Graves’. I think the fiance is the real wronged party here. He was prety much tried and convicted on local news last week. It was just a matter of finding her body. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/155 "2005-05-02T18:11:07Z")
> [@Mint Julep](#): > > Cry me a river, I mean come on, you have a rich handsome fiance,… :dubious: Well, rich anyway… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/156 "2005-05-02T18:13:40Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > Is it just me, or does this chick look like she give(s) _fantastic_ blowjobs? > > Just me, huh? Nope. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/157 "2005-05-02T18:24:31Z")
My wife, who is quite the avid runner herself, says that she has the classic look of someone who runs way too much. My unsubsantiated diagnosis is over exercise to the extreme. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/158 "2005-05-02T18:46:34Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > My wife … says that she has the classic look of someone who runs way too much. Yeah, I agree with this. She was so scared of a social engagement in Georgia she ran all the way to New Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/159 "2005-05-02T19:08:38Z")
Wait a minute. Folks are saying we shouldn’t speculate on a possible physiological or psychological cause for this behavior, but you all think she gives good head? Pot meet kettle! It’s all speculation, and frankly, I hope we never find out–not knowing would mean that she had sunk back into the Georgia heat where she belongs. Maybe the humidity fried her brain pan, who knows? My understanding is that the fiancee was treated to at least one police interview and a polygraph. I know this b/c my husband came home on Friday and said that he would have dumped her after he had taken the polygraph (IOW, nobody should be put thru this kind of shit for anyone who pulls shit like this). I asked if he was planning on marrying anyone soon, which led to a whole 'nother conversation… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennifer-wilbanks-youve-got-a-lot-of-apologies-to-start-making/301852/160 "2005-05-02T19:16:58Z")
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